Tag: self-portraits
Self-Portraits: B&W and DoF
self-portraits in black and white
On Photographing People who Wear Eyeglasses
How to photograph people who're wearing glasses.
In-Studio Self-Portraits with the Bokeh Master
In-studio self-portraits with Sigma 105mm f/1.4.
Photography: My First Mentor
How and why I got interested in photography, in particular black-and-white photography and self-portraiture You might already know that I'm a writer and photographer. While these days I do both writing and photography, writing came first. Then, I discovered photography. My interest in photography truly started when stumbling upon the work of award-winning, legally blind ...
Expressing Personalities
Expressing Personalities in Photography Capturing facets of someone's personality in images As photographers we try to capture the personalities of our subjects, regardless of what or who we photograph. People and animals have personalities, but so do buildings, statues and flowers for that matter. Sometimes, portrait photographers get to capture facets of our subject or ...
Dress Code for Photographers and Writers
Dress Code for Freelance Writers and Photographers Years ago I used to walk in the Halloween Parade in New York City. I wouldn't dress up for Halloween. Instead, I'd walk with a friend who always knows how to dress to impress. While he'd put on self-made black-leather wings and leather pants, I'd go as his ...
What I Would Tell My Younger Self
Note to self, at the beginning of the New Year A couple of years ago I was at an event at Symposia bookstore, in Hoboken, New Jersey. By the way, thanks to its dedicated manager, Carmen Rusu, Symposia is the place to be while in Hoboken. A block away from the waterfront, Symposia offers an ...
